Rekor is a software supply chain transparency log. In versions 1.4.3 and below, the entry implementation can panic on attacker-controlled input when canonicalizing a proposed entry with an empty spec.message, causing nil Pointer Dereference. Function validate() returns nil (success) when message is empty, leaving sign1Msg uninitialized, and Canonicalize() later dereferences v.sign1Msg.Payload. A malformed proposed entry of the cose/v0.0.1 type can cause a panic on a thread within the Rekor process. The thread is recovered so the client receives a 500 error message and service still continues, so the availability impact of this is minimal. This issue has been fixed in version 1.5.0.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/commit/39bae3d192bce48ef4ef2cbd1788fb5770fee8cd | Patch |
| https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/releases/tag/v1.5.0 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/security/advisories/GHSA-273p-m2cw-6833 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
02 Feb 2026, 15:06
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/commit/39bae3d192bce48ef4ef2cbd1788fb5770fee8cd - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/releases/tag/v1.5.0 - Product, Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/security/advisories/GHSA-273p-m2cw-6833 - Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:rekor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation rekor |
22 Jan 2026, 22:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-01-22 22:16
Updated : 2026-02-02 15:06
NVD link : CVE-2026-23831
Mitre link : CVE-2026-23831
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-23831
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Products Affected
linuxfoundation
- rekor
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
